Зразок екзаменаційного завдання.

1. Аудіювання

LISTEN 1

I. TRUE/FALSE

1. Philip had investments in foreign markets.

2. He thought that he would be forced to sell at a loss.

3. He had a problem with his lawyer's house.

4. It looked as if the seller might decide not to sell.

5. Philip's daughter wanted to leave school to get a job.

6. His daughter is 19 years old and is in a university.

7. Philip wants her to get married and then finish school.

8. Cynthia's mind was made up to get married.

9. The young man she wants to marry is a stranger to Phiiip.

LISTEN 2

II. QUICK REVIEW: Write the words that best complete the sentence.

1. Philip's investments in some of the foreign were looking less

and iess .

2. Philip was afraid that if did not improve, he would be

______________ to sell at a considerable ?

3. The bank had failed to him of certain „__ in the

wording of the contract.

4. Now it looked as if the was going to fali through because the

might decide not to sell.

5. His had called from the university the before

and had told him that she had fallen - in love.

6. Finish school and then you can married.

7. Cynthia did not want to the matter at all and in spite of his

pleading ______________ told him that her was made up.

8. That's one spot in all the mess of the ____________ few days.

LISTEN 3

III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.

1. appeared so ___ 6. 19 years old

2. had bought . 7. matter at

3. couldn't be 8. nothing but

4. going to fall 9. young man

5. ' all this

IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.

1. What was wrong with Philip's foreign investments?

2. What was the problem about the house?

3. Where was Philip's lawyer?

4. Why does Cynthia want to leave school?

2. Диктант.

Great Britain is famous not only for its customs and traditions, thick fogs and changeable weather. It’s a highly developed country having a lot to be proud of, as, for example, Oxford and Cambridge universities and a wide network of schools and colleges

Speaking about English colleges and universities, it won’t be an exaggeration to say that many young people from different countries of the world would consider it a happy privilege to study at Oxford or Cambridge.

Naturally, the doors of such renowned universities are open for the best, and it would be hardly possible for our Dan to enter there. You remember that funny boy, don’t you? I guess he didn’t study hard at school and was not much of a reader. He made an awful mistake the very first day. Somebody mentioned the name of the world–known Belgian writer, and he asked if he was a freshman. The joke immediately went all over College. Later there was another incident. He was ashamed he didn’t know who Michelangelo was. He thought he was an archangel, and the whole class laughed at him. I won’t be surprised at all if he has no idea of the painter Paul Cézanne and his famous still lifes. But at least now he knows better. When people start talking about things he never heard of, he keeps quiet and then looks them up in the encyclopedia.

3. Переклад з рідної на іноземну мову

Translate into English

1. Чому б нам не прислухатись до їхньої поради і не припинити сперечатись через дрібниці? Адже нам надали два дні, щоб обміркувати цю пропозицію та укласти угоду. Вони обіцяли підтримати наш проект.

2. Він запропонував подивитись новий фільм, що демонструється у нашому кінотеатрі, і запропонував придбати квитки.

3. – Вона зовсім не виглядає на свій вік. – Що змушує Вас так думати? – Я знаю її вже 20 років, і вона ніколи не ставилася байдуже до своєї зовнішності.

4. – Ти будеш виходити до кав’ярні? – Так, а що? – Ти не могла б взяти мені тістечко?

5. Зараз, коли ти з ним поговорив, він серйозно готується до іспитів. Я не знаю, чи він здасть іспити в цьому році. Але, якщо не здасть, він буде намагатись вступити до університету наступного року. А зараз, чим ближче іспити, тим більше він нервує.

6. Я помітив, як таксі уповільнило ходу і зупинилось на розі вулиці. Я не міг повірити своїм очам, коли побачив, як Том вийшов із авто і попрямував до нас. Ми не очікували побачить його тут у такий пізній час.

7. Вам немає необхідності переписувати свій тест. Залиште все, як є, і здавайте роботу. Ви, напевно, добре підготувались до нього. Завдання було непросте, але, як я бачу, ви впорались.

4. Анотація іноземною мовою змісту статті загальноекономічного характеру чи з фаху.

Read the article and write the summary based on it.

By ROBERT PEAR New York Times

WASHINGTON - The White House is clashing with governors of both parties over a plan to cut Medicaid payments to hospitals and nursing homes that care for millions of low-income people.

The White House says the changes are needed to ensure the "fiscal integrity" of Medicaid and to curb "excessive payments" to health care providers.

But the plan faces growing opposition. The National Governors Association said it "would impose a huge financial burden on states," already struggling with explosive growth in health costs.

More than 330 members of Congress, including 103 Republicans, have objected to the plan. A letter signed by 82 House Re­publicans says it "would seriously disrupt financing of Medicaid programs around the country." A bipartisan group of 50 senators recently urged President Bush to scrap the proposed rules, which were set forth in his 2007 budget and could be issued before the end of this year.

Medicaid finances health care for more than SO million low-income people, with money provided by the federal government and the states.

Under the White House plan, the federal government would reduce Medicaid payments to many public hospitals and nursing homes by redefining allowable costs. It would also limit the states' ability to finance their share of Medicaid by imposing taxes on health care providers. About two-thirds of the states have such taxes.

The federal government pays at least 50 percent of Medicaid costs in each state and more than 70 percent in the poorest states. Bush administration officials say states have used creative bookkeeping and accounting gimmicks to obtain large amounts of federal Medicaid money without paying their share.

5. Лексичний тест.

If the price of beef rises and remains at the higher level, then over time the supply of beef

1. becomes more inelastic because producers get used to the higher price.

2. shifts to the left.

3. becomes more elastic because ranchers have more time to bring resources into cattle production.

4. remains unchanged.

Which of the following would not shift the supply curve of car-washing services to the right?

5. Businesses introduce more efficient washing and drying equipment.

6. Workers at car washes become able to wash more cars per hour than before.

7. The price of water goes up.

8. The number of car-washing businesses increases.

A supply curve shows that in a market economy consumers get more of a product by

9. paying lower prices until producers give them more of what they want.

10. having government force businesses to produce more.

11. writing letters to convince businesses to increase production.

12. offering producers more money in exchange for the product.

If bad weather destroys much of the Halloween pumpkin crop, then

1. the price effect will cause growers to sell fewer pumpkins at lower prices.

2. growers will offer fewer pumpkins at each and every price.

3. both of the above.

4. none of the above.

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